defaults to 1 which will make fio wait 'thinktime' usecs
after every block.
-rate=int Cap the bandwidth used by this job to this number of KiB/sec.
+rate=int Cap the bandwidth used by this job. The number is in bytes/sec,
+ the normal postfix rules apply. You can use rate=500k to limit
+ reads and writes to 500k each, or you can specify read and
+ writes separately. Using rate=1m,500k would limit reads to
+ 1MB/sec and writes to 500KB/sec. Capping only reads or
+ writes can be done with rate=,500k or rate=500k,. The former
+ will only limit writes (to 500KB/sec), the latter will only
+ limit reads.
ratemin=int Tell fio to do whatever it can to maintain at least this
bandwidth. Failing to meet this requirement, will cause
- the job to exit.
+ the job to exit. The same format as rate is used for
+ read vs write separation.
rate_iops=int Cap the bandwidth to this number of IOPS. Basically the same
as rate, just specified independently of bandwidth. If the
job is given a block size range instead of a fixed value,
- the smallest block size is used as the metric.
+ the smallest block size is used as the metric. The same format
+ as rate is used for read vs write seperation.
rate_iops_min=int If fio doesn't meet this rate of IO, it will cause
- the job to exit.
+ the job to exit. The same format as rate is used for read vs
+ write seperation.
ratecycle=int Average bandwidth for 'rate' and 'ratemin' over this number
of milliseconds.
when it's time to do IO to that file.
pre_read=bool If this is given, files will be pre-read into memory before
- starting the given IO operation.
+ starting the given IO operation. This will also clear
+ the 'invalidate' flag, since it is pointless to pre-read
+ and then drop the cache.
unlink=bool Unlink the job files when done. Not the default, as repeated
runs of that job would then waste time recreating the file